We hit up Natural Grocers, where he helped me find some awesome deals! He was perfect at the store, per usual. After the store we went to Great Harvest. I was looking for rye bread, but they don’t make it…however, we got a HUGE slice of the Kansas Crunch bread to snack on. It was delicious. We both enjoyed it :)

During Jake Nap #1, I made 2 things.

1 – Sunflower Butter!!! I’ve actually never had it! The flavor was quite strong to me. I was making it so I could use it in the cookie recipe below. It came together after about 15min with no oil necessary. After I scooped out what I needed for the cookies, I went ahead and added: cinnamon, vanilla, vanilla beans, and a tiny bit of oil + maple syrup and processed a little more. The result is growing on me. I think I just need to get used to sunflower butter. Also, next time I will roast the seeds and I think I might prefer this as a roasted + salted nut butter instead of sweet. We’ll see next time!

2 – Reworked Supercharge Me Cookies!

Dry.

Wet.

Pre-baking.

In the raw. Recipe at the end!

Finished Sunflower Butter with Cinnamon + Vanilla. Adding a little oil was necessary because the cinnamon really thickened it up. I only needed 1t for about 3/4c of the butter.

Jakes lunch: squash, watermelon, jelly whole wheat tortilla

The tortilla was super soft, but not soft enough I guess. I swapped it out for his last little slice of pizza from CPK.

Shopping helper!! What a deal on those bananas…all for $2!!

We went on another 3m walk in the park. It was gorgeous outside.

I love bulldogs!! They are hilarious.

Sweet thing.

His shirt is definitely on backwards. Oops!

He obviously said “Hi Dirk” [his dog’s name] when he met this little guy.

Gently stir in the banana with the wet mixture, then add the wet to dry.

Stir until just combined. I stirred a few times but then used my hands to finish. [do not over-mix]

Line cookie sheets with parchment [or lightly grease your pans].

Scoop out 1-2T worth of batter and slightly flatten the cookies. They do not spread much at all when baking. Refer to my “pre-baking” photos to see how much I flattened them.

Cook for 12-14min, until JUST starting to brown. Do not overcook these! Cool for 1min on the pan and transfer to a cooling rack right away to prevent further cooking.

Ahhh so delicious!! The nutritional info is on this morning’s post if you’re curious. The banana helps sweeten the cookies since I reduced the actual sweetener a bit. I also switched it from maple to brown rice syrup [less expensive, little to no effect on glycemic index level]. I think when I made them I only used 2T of oil and they were still great.

Next time I’ll definitely experiment with chia seeds, hemp seeds and a few other things. I loved the banana chunks instead of mashing up the banana. Enjoy!